Consider the relationship between written (and, perhaps, otherwiserecorded) imaginative literature and English dialectal variation. How has literaturecontributed to our awareness/understanding of the various Englishes around us? You may wish tomake broad conclusions or observations based on a wide array of evidence from Englishliterature, or you may wish to hone in on one variation and its representation and perception throughone particular text over time. How has English literature's treatment of dialectal variationevolved over the years? Where do you see it going? Do authors/storytellers have a responsibility torepresent the varieties of English that they know?